Odisha Assembly elections: Brothers face each other in Chikiti, aunt & nephew in Nabarangpur

Berhampur (Odisha): Chikiti Assembly constituency in Odisha’s Ganjam district is all set to witness a contest between two brothers within the forthcoming elections to be held on Could 13. The brothers going through one another within the electoral battlefield are sons of former Odisha Meeting Speaker Chintamani Dyan Samantaray.

Whereas the opposition BJP has fielded youthful brother Manoranjan Dyan Samantaray, his elder brother Ravindanath Dyan Samantaray has been picked up by the Congress. The Congress and BJP declared their candidatures on Tuesday.

Their father Chintamani Dyan Samantaray, a senior Congress chief, was elected thrice from Chikiti – twice as an unbiased (1980 and 1995) and as soon as on a Congress ticket (1985).

Whereas junior Samantaray unsuccessfully contested the meeting elections twice – on Congress ticket (2014) and BJP ticket (2019), his elder brother is contesting for the primary time.

The Biju Janata Dal has fielded Chinmayananda Srirup Deb, son of the state’s City Growth minister Usha Devi as its candidate from the Chikiti meeting seat, as Usha Devi was reluctant to contest this time because of her age-old drawback. Usha Devi had been elected from the seat 5 occasions.

“I’ve been lively in Congress since my father’s interval. Because of this, I received a ticket from the social gathering to contest. Will probably be a contest between two ideologies and never between two brothers,” mentioned Ravindranath. Manoranjan claimed that he was very lively in politics for the final a number of years and received the BJP ticket to contest the election. “Some vested pursuits might need instigated my brother to contest in Congress ticket to create disturbance within the household. Nevertheless, it could haven’t any affect on my ballot prospects,” he mentioned.

Chintamani Dyan Samantray mentioned because of his sick well being, he won’t marketing campaign.

The 84-year-old veteran chief, nonetheless, mentioned he was a Congressman and opposed the insurance policies of the BJP.

“My youthful son’s resolution to contest on BJP ticket was his personal resolution. In democracy, we can’t impose our resolution on anybody,” he added.

Contest between aunt & nephew in Nabarangpur
Nabarangpur district in southern Odisha will witness a combat between an aunt and her nephew within the Odisha Assembly election to be held on Could 13.

Kausalya Pradhan, the aunt has been fielded by BJD from the Nabarangpur Meeting seat whereas her nephew Dilip is the Congress candidate for a similar constituency.

“It is a combat of two events and never precisely between aunt and nephew,” mentioned Dilip.

Kausalya mentioned the elections could have no affect on their household relationship.

Relations contesting towards one another in elections will not be new in Indian politics, mentioned J Ok Baral, a retired professor of Political Science in Berhampur College.

“Prior to now, now we have seen a number of such situations. Not shocked that two brothers are difficult one another in the identical constituency,” Baral mentioned.